Council minutes

Archive context

Royal Academy of Arts Archive
1. Royal Academy of Arts, official archive
  1. Records of the President and Council
    1. Council minutes

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Reference code

RAA/PC/1/32

Title

Council minutes

Date

04 Jan 1955 - 06 Dec 1955

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 file, 34 pieces

Previous reference codes

401 A

Content Description

Minutes of meetings of the Council, including the following selected entries: the Council decide that the Royal Academy ought not to enter into the controversy over Graham Sutherland’s portrait of the Prime Minister, ‘Sir Winston Churchill’, 25 January 1955 and passim; and the determination of the President, Sir Albert Richardson, to revive the former practice of presenting ivories to Schools students, 25 January 1955.

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